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Ann at A Quirky Lifestyle

Geek by day and lifestyle writer by night. An eye for designer bargains, travel addict counting 50+ countries, DIY + foodie! Bringing you stories of travel, fashion and lifestyle from Edinburgh/London and other lovely places, both within the UK and overseas.

Sunday, 18 January 2015

For me, 2014 was a year of streamlining life. Moving house twice might have influenced that a little bit. Over the last year, I've been analysing the clothes I have got the most wear out of (whilst making me feel good). As I've literally lived in my Isabel Marant and Etre Cecile sweatshirts all through Autumn, I figured adding another good statement version would be a sound idea. I've lusted after a Markus Lupfer embellished version for a long time but instead of shelling over a £150 on one, I decided to make an embellished version of my own design for a fraction of the price.

To create your own embellished version, you will need:

-A good quality plain sweatshirt. I bought my navy one from Gap for £9 and it's great.

-Fabric glue

-Embellishments: sequins, diamante or stick-on designs. I found mine in a tiny little haberdashery in Mangalore

-Outline design

-Sewing pins

Method:

-Arrange your design on the sweatshirt. Sewing pins are useful to accomplish this.

-Lay the sweatshirt flat and map out your design on it

-When you are happy with the arrangement, you fabric glue to stick the embellishment on to your sweatshirt.

-Press and hold each adhesion for about ten seconds to allow it to set.

-Leave it to dry for 24 hours

Your embellished sweatshirt is now ready to wear! Fancy giving it a go? Ann x